Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia is a biological engineer and the John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor at MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). She applies ideas from computer technology and engineering to the design of miniaturized biomedical tools for the study and treatment of diseases.

Dr. Bhatia holds a number of patents for both clinical and biotechnological applications of engineering principles. She is a strong advocate for gender equity and is a cofounder of the Boston Biotech Working Group. She holds a BS from Brown University, Masters in Biomedical Engineering from MIT and an MD-PhD from Harvard.